Points Table

To encourage participation and reward great answers, Yahoo Answers has a system of points and levels. The number of points you get depends on the specific action you take. The points table below summarizes the point values for different actions. While you can't use points to buy or redeem anything, they do allow everyone to recognize how active and helpful you've been. (And they give you another excuse to brag to your friends.)

Points and Levels

Action

Points

Begin participating on Yahoo Answers

One Time: 100

Ask a question

-5

Choose a best answer for your question

3

Answer a question

2

Self-deleting an answer

-2

Log in to Yahoo Answers

Once daily: 1

Have your answer selected as the best answer

10

Receive a "thumbs-up" rating on a best answer that you wrote (up to 50 thumbs-up are counted)

1 per "thumbs-up"

Receive a violation

-10

Levels

Levels are another way to keep track of how active you (and others) have been. The more points you accumulate, the higher your level. Yahoo Answers recognizes your level achievements with our special brand of thank you's

And finally, as you attain higher levels, you'll also be able to contribute more to Yahoo Answers - you can ask, answer and rate more frequently.